This is a much more reflective and even-handed article than I would have expected from any of the writers here, so credit where credit is due.

Please, global capitalism has cut the rate of poverty in the world by more than half in the 21st century. That’s a far sight better than all the failed Communist countries that killed hundreds of millions. Stalin and Mao make Hitler look like a joke.

The biggest problem with this in the case of the Sandy Hook shooting, is that even if it were true that gun manufacturers were marketing to machismo, the shooter didn’t buy his gun: He murdered his mother and stole her guns. So how exactly does a “hyper-masculine” marketing campaign appeal to a 50-something white…

I mean, it’s entirely possible that these guys are getting paid way too much to suck at their jobs, AND the estimated $32 trillion in new spending over the next 10 years for government provided healthcare would be too much. Especially even if you took all this money, it would be approximately 1/3rd of 1/10th of a…

I don’t disagree with the likelihood of your assessment. To quote the movie The Untouchables: “He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! That’s the Chicago way...” This seems to be the model off of which they are working. It isn’t about equality for a…

I’m probably the most libertarian person on this site, and I support that people should have to be vaccinated to be in public places provided they do not have a legitimate medical concern preventing them from doing so (allergy or compromised immune system). This is one of the few cases where there is a compelling…

It’s more directed at the writers here than anyone actually in power at the moment, though if you look at the kinds of policies the radical left support, they all pretty much require a powerful centralized government that doesn’t have to consider any sort of disagreement or dissent. Whether on the surface they give…

Apologies for being off on the number of years. The residency requirement likely is meant to apply more to the people alive at the time of adoption, so you’re correct in that it has never been settled definitively whether it’s cumulative or consecutive. Personally I would read it as the past 14 years consecutively,…

There’s only a few requirements to be president: Be at least 35, be born a US citizen, and have lived in the US for the last 10 years. Between that and Trump, any claims of inadequate experience are just noise. The so-called “most experienced candidate ever” lost to someone who thinks you need to show ID to buy…

Only trolls talk out of both sides of their mouths like this creepy fucking fraud.

Shh... you’re saying the quiet part loud. They’re not at that point yet.

You’re joking but I don’t doubt that some people here would actually be ok with that as long as it was their dictator in charge.

Founding Fathers: Let’s create a system that requires bipartisan support for changes, which will presumably mean legislation that is passed is truly in the best interests of the largest group of people possible.

Two minor quibbles:

Again, show where it’s wrong if you have a different theory. Claims of both-siderism without an alternative are intellectually lazy.

But is it wrong? Republicans say they’re for farmers, but what they really mean is they’re for huge agribusiness donors. And it certainly doesn’t do Democrats any favors to make sure that people who don’t vote for them don’t feel the pain of their mistakes given that many of them could have insured their harvests and…

Your argument is basically that Bernie shouldn’t give legitimacy to the most watched news network in America. Whether you think they’re a legitimate news org or an arm of the Trump campaign doesn’t really matter at this point, the horse has left the barn. Frankly that they want to have him on should be seen as a major…

How so? If they execute an atheist, who’s he supposed to have be present for his execution, a scientist? It’s not cruel or unusual at all to say that when it comes time to throw the switch or push the plunger, it’s only prison officials directly related to that purpose allowed in the room. Let them get all the…

The issue at the center of this case is a clear preference of some religions over others, not the morality of the death penalty or religious liberty. What matters is that the application of the law is fair to all across the board, regardless of their religion or lack thereof. You may not like it, but changing the…

Eh, I’m fine with getting rid of the death penalty, but there are a small number of people that should just never be let out, regardless of how old or enfeebled they get. Some things are just too horrific to ever get your freedom back, even if you won’t be able to really enjoy it.